Add libevent, "The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a

	callback function when a specific event occurs on a file
	descriptor or after a timeout has been reached."

PR:		28302
Submitted by:	Pete Fritchman <petef@databits.net>

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

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+The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback function
+when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout
+has been reached.
+
+libevent is meant to replace the asynchronous event loop found in
+event driven network servers. An application just needs to call
+event_dispatch() and can then add or remove events dynamically
+without having to change the event loop.
+
+Currently, libevent supports kqueue(2) and select(2). Support for
+poll(2) and /dev/poll is planned. The internal event mechanism is
+completely independent of the exposed event API, and a simple update
+of libevent can provide this new functionality without having to
+redesign the server applications.
+
+WWW: http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent/
+
+- Pete
+petef@databits.net